Wednesday 14 May 2025
Photos courtesy of Amanda,Philip and Erika, Walk report courtesy Walk leader Rob.
This was the third attempt to do the Rebecca Rd to Deua River walk after rain cancelled the previous two attempts. This walk is very remote and requires a 30km forest road drive from Bodalla to reach the start of the walk on an old logging road that goes down to the Deua river. We chose this route as it is one of the few places where we can access the Deua river in its upper reaches.
This area was burnt in the 2019-20 fires and regrowth of vegetation, particularly acacia, was very dense. It was good to see many Silvertop Ash (e. Sieberi) recovering well.
Despite being only about 15kms from the headwaters of the Deua River the water flow was quite strong and while we hoped to walk up the river we were forced onto the banks at many locations to avoid rapids and deep pools. A number of freshwater yabbies were seen in the river.
While this is a tough walk everyone agreed it was worth it and hope to do it again when the river is lower to make navigation easier